Week of October 28th, 2012

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Friday, September 2, 2011

I am busy decorating my scrapbook room and noticed this word art on the new Cricut Word Collage cartridge. I thought putting it on a canvas would be a fun way to use the word art.

For starters, I got my Cricut green vinyl out and cut this word art at 10" using the settings of blade at 3, pressure and speed at 3. Then, I removed all the little vinyl pieces (called "weeding") so that it would look as you see above.

Here's something to know: vinyl does not adhere well to canvas! Ask me how I know....and how much vinyl I ruined....

So, I went ahead and adhered the vinyl to 10-1/2" x 10-1/2" white paper, using transfer tape, then laid that on a sheet of 11-1/2" x 11-1/2" black cardstock. Finally I adhered that to my canvas using Terrifically Tacky Tape. No problems then!

Another tip: Don't try to staple the ribbon to the back of the canvas using a regular stapler because you are too lazy to go downstairs... I ended up using furniture tacks to hold my ribbon in place.

You are so funny! and sound like me when I don't want to go downstairs for something - then I just remind myself - at least I'm getting some exercise! The word art hanging is so perfect for a craft room.

I think this cartridge is pretty cool - I love subway art and text/fonts in general. But - I do wonder how often I'd use the cart for my craft projects. So it's great to see what you create with it - thanks for the ideas!

OMG THIS IS SOOO AWESOME!!! I LOVE IT!! I just bought that cart for $19.99 from JoAnns! YES LADIES THESE project and Event carts are ON SALE for $19.99 THIS WEEK at JOANNS!!!! Also if your JoAnns is out...Cricut.com has it also ON SALE for $25.99!!! I haven't played with it yet but it this is sooo CUTE and FUN! I am going to make one! My biggest concern was the Cricut cutting such a delicate font...especially smaller. Do you know how small we can go cutting this art?

Love this project and thank you so much for the tips...I'm sure someone like myself would have doen the same thing and would have been very angry!!! I hope to someday have my own craft room to actually do a project like this, but for now I share my space with the kitchen!

Wow...great canvas project. Thanks for the tip about vinyl not sticking to the canvas...I am planning a 3-canvas wall project for my soon-to-arrive granddaughter and am glad to have found this out before-hand! Awesome!

I saw this cartridge and wasn't sure what to do with. But, now you've given me a number of ideas. Thanks for letting us know about the chance to win some wonderful prizes to celebrate Cricut's birthday.

Joy, I was on the fence with this cartridge until I saw your craft room wall art. I went to acmoore today and bought it!! Now I can decorate my craft room and try to win one of the many awesome prizes Provo Craft is giving away too!! Thanks for sharing this great idea!

Thanks for the chance to win a new cartridge! I just got my Cricut for Christmas and already love it!! Hubby will shoot me if I start buying cartridges right away, though, so winning them sounds great! Also love this idea... very cute!

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We are a couple of Cricut lovers and bloggers who are excited to share our interest in the Cricut with others. We decided to do a blog devoted to Provo Craft's Cricut because people are always looking for great everyday Cricut ideas! We hope that by showing you some different things the cartridges can do, as well as some cuts you may have overlooked, that you are then able to be inspired to create some beautiful things.